It is still not yet known what is wrong with him but many people are speculating that the scandal prone MP plans to use his illness, whatever it may be, in order to exit public life.

The news comes on the day that TBG can exclusively reveal that an alleged letter from the CPS to Portsmouth Council was in actual fact more critical of Hancock's alleged conduct than previously thought. This has led to renewed calls for another force to re-investigate the whole debacle.